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cosmicdebris
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I really wanted lot 1746 and bid £330 on it but it went for £500
But I did ask to have another lot bid on if I did not win it. So I did win lot 1757
<<Description: Birmingham, Charles Pye, Halfpenny, 1797, cp cypher, rev. Moneta seated right holding cornucopia of coins, bee-hive and bees at right, edge plain, 17.38g/12h (DH 223). Extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare (£250-300)
Footnote: Provenance: Fawcett/Litman Collection. 36 struck. Charles Pye, engraver, directory publisher and token collector, author of Provincial Copper Coins or Tokens issued between the Years 1787 and 1796, later expanded into a second edition published in 1801. Outside the field of numismatics he is best known for his Dictionary of Ancient Geography, 1805, his Description of Modern Birmingham, 1819, and for The Stranger’s Guide to Modern Birmingham, with an account of its Public Buildings and Institutions, its Show Rooms and Manufactories, 1825. For his directories, the first of which appeared in 1787, Pye personally canvassed the area and included people free of charge; his 1797 edition had 81 pages. In 1800 he asked people to send in their names plus sixpence to be included in the directory, which was a disaster; that year’s directory contained only 12 pages of names (Longman, pp.72-3, and DNB)>>
But I did ask to have another lot bid on if I did not win it. So I did win lot 1757
<<Description: Birmingham, Charles Pye, Halfpenny, 1797, cp cypher, rev. Moneta seated right holding cornucopia of coins, bee-hive and bees at right, edge plain, 17.38g/12h (DH 223). Extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare (£250-300)
Footnote: Provenance: Fawcett/Litman Collection. 36 struck. Charles Pye, engraver, directory publisher and token collector, author of Provincial Copper Coins or Tokens issued between the Years 1787 and 1796, later expanded into a second edition published in 1801. Outside the field of numismatics he is best known for his Dictionary of Ancient Geography, 1805, his Description of Modern Birmingham, 1819, and for The Stranger’s Guide to Modern Birmingham, with an account of its Public Buildings and Institutions, its Show Rooms and Manufactories, 1825. For his directories, the first of which appeared in 1787, Pye personally canvassed the area and included people free of charge; his 1797 edition had 81 pages. In 1800 he asked people to send in their names plus sixpence to be included in the directory, which was a disaster; that year’s directory contained only 12 pages of names (Longman, pp.72-3, and DNB)>>
Bill
09/07/2006
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09/07/2006
<< <i>Very nice. The first word that came to my mind was "elegant". >>
That's a perfect word for it. I can not wait to see it in hand.
09/07/2006
I know these aren't exactly Conders, but they are no doubt close cousins, the first having the same Boulton design as many Conders:
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
09/07/2006
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
Jester- I love that first Jamaican token!
The other one is even more interesting, design-wise. I would love to see one of those in the same condition as Cosmic's Conder, wouldn't you?
I'll bet those are rare (the Jamaican pieces, that is).
Capped Bust Half Series
Capped Bust Half Dime Series